The 2016 California State Assembly election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with the primary election held on June 7, 2016. Voters in the
80 districts of the
California State Assembly elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for
U.S. President
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and the
state senate
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.
Benefiting from the large Democratic turnout due to the general election, the
California Democratic Party
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With 43.5% of the state's registered voters as of 2018, the Democratic Party has the highest number o ...
made gains by ousting three Republican incumbents in the
60th,
65th, and
66th districts, thus regaining the two-thirds
supermajority
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that they had lost in the
previous elections.
State Assembly
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Channel Islands
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California State Assembly elections
California State Assembly
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